CVE-2008-5743

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5743
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-26 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionpdfjam creates the (1) pdf90, (2) pdfjoin, and (3) pdfnup files with a predictable name, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pdfjam Pdfjam _nil_ All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PDFjam Insecure Temporary Files - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: pdfjam-1.21-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
oss-security - CVE request - pdfjam af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: pdfjam-1.21-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 459031 – VUL-0: [openSUSE:Factory:Contrib/pdfjam] has /tmp problems af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Exploit
PDFjam Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for pdfjam - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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